Daily polynya area and ice production in the North Water polynya region, supplement to: Preußer, Andreas; Heinemann, Günther; Willmes, Sascha; Paul, Stephan (2015): Multi-Decadal variability of polynya characteristics and ice production in the North Water Polynya by means of passive microwave and thermal infrared satellite imagery. Remote Sensing, 7(12), 15844-15867

• Main Authors: Preußer, Andreas, Heinemann, Günther, Willmes, Sascha, Paul, Stephan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2015
• Subjects: Andreas; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Canada; Ellesmere Island; Greenland; Baffin; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.854921; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.854921

The North Water (NOW) Polynya is a regularly-forming area of open-water and thin-ice, located between northwestern Greenland and Ellesmere Island (Canada) at the northern tip of Baffin Bay. Due to its large spatial extent, it is of high importance for a variety of physical and biological processes,...